Hide and Seek in Moorgate
I’ve had an interest in the English Civil War for some time, but have never really got to grips with it, that is until this Christmas...
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A really excellent tour. I’ve taken loads of walking tours in London but I learnt many new things from this one. Highly recommended.
LUCY : There's More To Moorgate
Two New Tours published in October, check out the tours page
Just taken the tour during a short break in London. I was amazed that there was so much more to the area of Westminster than parliament. The commentary and directions were easy to understand and there were a lot of interesting facts and story's.
John : The Power and The Glory
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Ham Yard, an apt setting
Philanthropy at Christmas comes in many forms whether it is sending money to an appeal, donating to a food bank or possibly even...
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Dec 20, 20224 min read
“Why was the Snowman sorting through the carrots?”
The answer can only be found in one place and that is the inside of a Christmas cracker, for it is one of the many terrible jokes that...
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Dec 16, 20225 min read
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting…..stolen!
I came across a seasonal tale recently, one that Charles Dickens if he’d been alive at the time might have woven into one of his stories...
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Dec 12, 20222 min read
Seasons Greetings
The Maughan Library Not a flake of snow or a plump robin to be seen in the picture above, but this grand building in Chancery Lane is...
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Dec 2, 20224 min read
Marguerite Alibert, Maggie Meller, Marguerite Laurent, and Princess Fahmy
This is a story despite the title about one person. Marguerite Marie Alibert was born on 9 December 1890, in Paris to Firmin Alibert, a...
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Nov 28, 20223 min read
Political Assassination in Belgravia
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an...
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Nov 25, 20224 min read
Argyll Robertson Pupils
It’s a chilly mid morning in November 1883 and you have just sat down at the table to enjoy a morning coffee in your flat at number ten...
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Nov 21, 20224 min read
Cobblers! No it’s a true story
This year saw the 356th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. The whole event is shrouded in misinformation, untruths and supposition....
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Nov 20, 20221 min read
Face
One Word Sunday The Seven Ages Of Man The Seven ages of man monologue in William Shakespeare’s play ‘All the World’s a Stage’ depicts the...
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Nov 18, 20223 min read
After the Lord Mayor’s show
The saying goes “After the Lord Mayor’s show comes the S**t cart“, in more polite circles this can be changed to “Dust cart or even...
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Nov 4, 20223 min read
The Yorkshire Stingo
At the Lisson Grove end of Marylebone Road you will find Westminster Magistrates Court. What to my mind is a rather drab building has...
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Oct 31, 20223 min read
……..AND THE BONUS BALL IS
The National Lottery started in the UK on the 19th November 1994, however, this was not the first nationwide lottery to be run in...
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Steve Matthews
Oct 28, 20223 min read
‘ello Darlin’ show us…..
Good manners prohibit me from finishing the title, but what I’m striving for is the full repertoire of inuendo and verbal abuse that some...
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Oct 21, 20223 min read
The Wheel Turns Full Circle
The London Eye has dominated the skyline of Lambeth for over twenty years. This 135 metres (443 ft) tall wheel has a diameter of 120...
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Steve Matthews
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Can I have that to go please?
There is at the western end of Fleet Street an opening to an alleyway so small that it is often easy to walk past and not notice it is...
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Oct 14, 20225 min read
Why not catch some proper criminals?
I was sitting in Fitzroy Square recently having a sandwich and playing a memory game. The square, located near to Regents Park has always...
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Oct 10, 20223 min read
What’s in a name?
I was stopped the other day by a couple of tourists asking for directions and I outlined the quickest route to their destination, which...
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Oct 7, 20225 min read
The Cat And The Skull
So what do you think you know about Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London? The story goes that an impoverished Whittington made his way...
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Steve Matthews
Oct 2, 20221 min read
“We are not amused”
The phrase is often attributed to Queen Victoria and has passed into common usage to note perceived strait-laced stuffiness, bolstering...
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